Australian Centre for Field Robotics
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The Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR) is dedicated to the research and teaching of concepts relating to intelligent autonomous systems
, at The University of Sydney in NSW, Australia. Originally established as an ARC
Key Centre of Teaching and Research in 1999, it now forms part of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems, along with groups at the University of Technology, Sydney
and the University of New South Wales
.
Key Centre of Learning, it receives funding through the ARC from the NSW State Government. Additionally, significant linkages with and support from private enterprise result from partnerships and contracts with the Centre. These include:
Mechatronics
Mechatronics is the combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, computer engineering, software engineering, control engineering, and systems design engineering in order to design, and manufacture useful products. Mechatronics is a multidisciplinary field of engineering, that is...
, at The University of Sydney in NSW, Australia. Originally established as an ARC
Australian Research Council
The Australian Research Council is the Australian Government’s main agency for allocating research funding to academics and researchers in Australian universities. Its mission is to advance Australia’s capacity to undertake research that brings economic, social and cultural benefit to the...
Key Centre of Teaching and Research in 1999, it now forms part of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems, along with groups at the University of Technology, Sydney
University of Technology, Sydney
The University of Technology Sydney is a university in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1981, although its origins trace back to the 1870s. UTS is notable for its central location as the only university with its main campuses within the Sydney CBD...
and the University of New South Wales
University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
.
Research direction
The Centre undertakes research in a broad range of areas related to the perception, control and learning capabilities of land, air and sea-based autonomous systems. Work at the ACFR is directed to the perception and systems aspects of this larger research area, specifically:- Perception
- Sensor Construction and Deployment
- Sensor Representation
- Measurement in the presence of uncertainty
- Decentralised fusion (DDF) of data from disparate and/or dislocated sensors
- Systems
- Modelling of large-scale systems
- Design
Funding and affiliations
The Centre has close links with the Mechatronics and Intelligent Systems Group at UTS http://www.eng.uts.edu.au/Research/Capabilities/MechInt.html and the Artificial Intelligence http://www.ai.cse.unsw.edu.au/ and Mechatronics http://www.mech.unsw.edu.au/content/plans/mechatronic/Mechatronics_Home.cfm?ss=12 groups at UNSW. As an ARCAustralian Research Council
The Australian Research Council is the Australian Government’s main agency for allocating research funding to academics and researchers in Australian universities. Its mission is to advance Australia’s capacity to undertake research that brings economic, social and cultural benefit to the...
Key Centre of Learning, it receives funding through the ARC from the NSW State Government. Additionally, significant linkages with and support from private enterprise result from partnerships and contracts with the Centre. These include:
- Australian Coal AssociationAustralian Coal AssociationThe Australian Coal Association is the major Australian coal mining industry lobby group. It represents the black coal producers of New South Wales and Queensland and consists of a number of relatively small coal mining companies or subsidiaries of larger corporations in those two states...
- BAe Systems (formerly British Aerospace)
- Clark Equipment Australia
- CRA Pty. Ltd. (ATD, Perth)
- Komatsu Ltd. (Japan)
- Mount Isa Mines Ltd.
- NS Komatsu Pty. Ltd.
- NSW Road and Traffic Authority (Bridge Services)
- Patrick Stevedores Holdings Pty. Ltd.
- Rio Tinto (South Africa)
- Shell Australia Coal
- Thamesport Ltd. (UK)
See also
- University of SydneyUniversity of SydneyThe University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
- University of New South WalesUniversity of New South WalesThe University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
- University of Technology, SydneyUniversity of Technology, SydneyThe University of Technology Sydney is a university in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1981, although its origins trace back to the 1870s. UTS is notable for its central location as the only university with its main campuses within the Sydney CBD...
- Australian Research CouncilAustralian Research CouncilThe Australian Research Council is the Australian Government’s main agency for allocating research funding to academics and researchers in Australian universities. Its mission is to advance Australia’s capacity to undertake research that brings economic, social and cultural benefit to the...